- We will be taking next week off for the holidays. See you all next year!
Polkadot Core
- Add keccak-512 to host functions.
- Participating in Council Governance is Free for First Time Voters and Successful Closing.
- Issue 7143 | Refactor Treasury Pallet into Bounties, Tips, and Proposals.
Polkadot Referenda
- #13 Incorrect Slashing on Council Caused by elections-phragmen Pallet Bug is ongoing.
- #47 Substrate Developer Academy Scholarships has executed.
Polkadot Proposals
- #7 Increase the number of Validators to 599.
- #2 Set the new runtime code.
- #4 Increse the number of Validators to 299.
- #5 Increase the number of Validators to 399.
- #6 Increase the number of Validators to 499.
- #41 Cancellation of Proposal 8 has executed.
- #10 Send a call through an indexed pseudonym of the sender.
- #39 The operating expenses of SUBSCAN (Polkadot network) from December 2020 to February 2021.
- #48 Treasury Proposal: Patract Hub’s treasury proposal for Europa (sandbox) v0.2.
- #49 Treasury Proposal: Governance-focused Mobile App for all Substrate-based networks.
Kusama Proposals and Referenda
- #95 Incorrect Slashing on Council Caused by elections-phragmen Pallet Bug.
- “Virtual Niche” – The World’s First Crypto Art Exhibition with Kusama Network
- Patract Hub’s proposal for Ask! v0.1 (ink! in AssemblyScript).
- #249 Treasury Proposal: Adding KSM to Ramp’s SDK so that KSM could be bought frictionlessly across multiple dApps and wallets.
Polkadot Community
- Rococo V1 Parachain testnet is up and running.
- Polkadot Thousand Validators Program.
- Polkadot Governance Explained with Bill Laboon.
- ELLIPAL hardware wallet is soon adding support for DOT.
- Se Habla Polkadot: Moonbeam.
Dates of Note
- December 23, 13:17 UTC: Election for new council candidates.
- December 23, 15:36 UTC: Start of new staking area.
- December 28, 1:06 UTC: Voting ends for motion 48.
- December 28, 3:06 UTC: Voting ends for motion 49.
- December 29, 11:27 UTC: Start of next spending period via treasury.
- December 16, 15:00 UTC: Polkadot Conversations – Session 3 – Fireside Chat with Bill Laboon.
- January 6, 13:15 UTC: Application of slashes from era 188.
- January 6, 13:15 UTC: Start of next referendum voting period.
- Q1 2021: Bitcoin is coming to Polkadot (PolkaBTC).
- Q1 2021: Ethereum bridge is coming to Polkadot.
Top Videos of the Week
- Rococo V1 announcement.
Top Reddit Posts of the Week
- Degen devs.
Tokens
- Moonbeam Integrates Band Protocol to Power Ethereum-Compatible Smart Contracts on Polkadot.
Upcoming Token & Paracahin Launches
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Crypto Regulation
- US Lawmakers Caution Against Regulations Restricting Use of Self-Hosted Crypto Wallets.
- Huobi Crypto Exchange Returning to US After Winning Nevada Trust License.
Developer Related
- Substrate Runtime Developer Academy.
- Substrate introduction in Spanish.
Other Crypto Related News
- Coinbase reportedly taps Goldman Sachs for IPO.
- Elon Musk Inquires About Moving ‘Large Transactions’ to Bitcoin.
- More Than $1B Ether Staked on Ethereum 2.0.
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